Folding wash-bench



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P. HANSON. FOLDING WASH BENCH.

N0. 359,565. Patented Mar. 15,1887.

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I. HANSON.

PQLDING WASH BENCH. No. 359,565. Patented Mar. 15, 1887.

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SPECIFICATION forming part oi' Letters Patent No. 359,565, dated March 15, 1887.

Application filed March 25, 1886. Serial No. 106,545.

.To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREEMANHANsoN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Bar Mills,in the county of York and State of Maine,

have invented certain new and usefulImprove` ments in Folding Vash-Benches, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure lis a perspective view of the present device. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the under side of the device about to be folded. Fig.-3 shows the bench folded. Fig. 4 is a section in detail of the end of one part of the bench on line a0 w, Figz 5. Fig. 5 is a per- Spective view in detail showing the legs extended and fixed in position. Fig. 6 is a central longitudinal section of the device.

This device belongs 4to that class known as folding wash-benches;77 and the novelty consists in the construction and combination of all the parts whereby a neat, cheap, compact, and very useful device is produced, all as will now be more fully set out and explained, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates the folding'bench made in two parts, c a, and hinged together in the middle at a. Each part is made like the lid of a boxe-that is, has overhanging edges ctiwso that when the two parts are folded together each will hold inside the folded legs B. Each of these legs is pivoted to a rod or bar, b, and again the arms O, pivoted to this rod or bar at one end, are pivoted at the other to the bar orrod D, which is fixed at its ends in the edges c near to thehinged end, said arms constituting braces for the legs.

At the upper end of the legs B is a projection, b, on each side, which projections are adapted to slide in the groove c3 in each edge a2. The movements of the legs as they are being extended for use are controlled by the length of thesegrooves. The legs are adapted thus to be set at an angle outwardly from each leaf of the bench, and thus make a sort of braceon each side and a rmersupport than is obtained from legs set merely vertical.

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`For lifting the legs outY of the box there is provided the eross-piece E, which is attachedV to each pair oflegs near their lower ends. This 5o piece will also answer as a stiffening-brace.

The legs when stretched can be locked in position by the button ZF on their outside, which takes into the notch t4 in the inside of the top of each part of the bench.V The arms F, pivoted one on each side of each part of the bench, are adapted when turned up to hold the Wringer, which thus comesf conveniently near the tub. Vhen not in use, each can be folded snugly on the threesides of the part of 6o the bench to which it is attached. In this folded form the device is wholly compact and shapely for storage or shipment.

I am aware that it is not broadly-new to attach wringer-arms to a Wash-bench so that they can be folded on the bench when not in use.

W'hat I claim isl. .An article of manufacture consisting of the wash-bench made of two parts, a a, hinged 7o `together, as described, each having on the inside grooves ct, and the folding legs having projections b', adapted to move in said grooves, the lifting-pieces E, the braces O, pivoted to the legs and the frame of the bench, and the locking-buttons b2, to hold said legs in position when. extended, substantially as shown and described.

FREEMAN HANSON.

Witnesses:

JAMES D. DEns, JAMES WV. AvnRILL. 

